Milestones

It makes me immensely proud that my kids are self aware, proactive, eager and even head strong. Although on the whole this is great for raising strong individuals but it can mean its harder work, especially when one of those children is a toddler.
I knew the moment my youngest son looked at ...

Dear Jacob,
I honestly can't figure out just how we got here. Last time I blinked you were only a few weeks old and now you are a fully fledge, temper tantruming toddler with a determination like I have beer seen before.
Of all 3 of my children you are by far the most ...

My Dearest Joshua
This year seems to have flown by without the time really registering it.
I looked over at you in the playground a couple of weeks ago and found myself being shocked at just how much you have grown without me even realising it.
I have had to replace all ...

I am sure that summer months have literally passed by as I blinked? So has the last month in terms of Jacobs development.
Last month had been a really frustrating one with no real sleep routine and night-time cot parties. We thought he had turned a corner and then hadn't.
I am ...

Last school year Joshua seemed to come home daily and tell me that so and so had lost a tooth. According to Joshua his classmates and friends were being given small fortunes in gifts from the tooth fairy.
Meanwhile I was thrilled at the fact he still hadn't got even an inkling of a wobble in ...

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Over the last few months there have been so many moments with Jacob that I have realised that he is no longer a baby but a fully fledge little person that is developing his own likes and dislikes and his personality. Normally at this stage a child's growth is celebrated by the ...

This month it has been a confusing one.
Our once routined life has been turned on its head by a consistent need to wake and get up by Jacob .. Gone are the nights of 7.30pm bedtimes and rising all bright and happy at 6am the following morning.
Now I am seeing more of the early ...

When Joshua was little I never really had to think about getting his haircut as at a few weeks old he lost all his hair and remained pretty much bald until he turned 2.
At nearly 3 I was still clinging onto the fact he had some baby curls and little tufts that still gave off the air of ...

This month has been a learning month.
This month we have been learning to deal with Jacobs temper tantrums.
This month Jacob has been learning to get his own way.
Independence is a great thing, when you are big enough to handle it, unfortunately Jacob still has lots of growing to do but its ...

The point and grunt just about sums up Jacob right now.
Out of all 3 of my children it seems Jacob is one on his own.
The older two talked from an early age and before their first birthdays they chattered in sentences that left no need for an imagination on what they were wanting, ...

This monthly update seems to have snook up on me, I really seems to have blinked and missed the last month.
Jacob is more and more the toddler and less a baby although I always think that the age between 1-2 is like limbo land really. No longer a baby and not quite a ...

This month we have seen a big shift from babyhood into toddlerhood.
The tantrum is in full force and let me tell you this boy knows his own mind and his determination knows no bounds!
He has developed the mother of all paddy's that often involve feet stamping and smacking seems to ...

Ok so we have been on the weaning journey a few months now and up till recently its been practically plain sailing.
Jacob has eaten mainly jarred/pouched foods but had enjoyed home cooked when we have had it too so he could chew/suck/maul.
Im not afraid to admit that ...

Jacob is very quickly approaching his 1st birthday & I'm not sure which will come first his birthday or walking.
He has been cruising round the furniture at a rapid rate of knots and I guess we had been putting it off a little since Joshua was already walking at the tender age of 11 ...